Sunday night time’s Yellowstone episode, “Three Fifty-Three,” delivered a gut-punch of violence, betrayal, and heartbreak because the sequence’ timeline lastly caught up with itself. Within the pivotal third episode of Season 5B, viewers have been compelled to relive the stunning demise of John Dutton (Kevin Costner) in haunting element. Director Christina Voros revealed the reasoning behind recreating such a painful second to THR, describing it as essential to understanding the story’s endgame. In a flashback sequence, the episode depicted John’s homicide, a fastidiously staged assassination orchestrated by Sarah Atwood (Daybreak Olivieri) and carried out by employed weapons. Voros defined why it was essential for the viewers to witness each harrowing step of the crime:
“It’s not one thing that you would pull off in exposition. It wouldn’t make sense. I additionally suppose the violation wouldn’t be felt the identical approach. There’s something terrifying about individuals breaking into your own home and placing you in a chokehold, after which murdering you and framing it as suicide. There’s no approach that might resonate except you noticed it.
In our story, it’s additionally the final second we have been with John
. To have created this character who’s so daring and courageous and noble and powerful,
the violation of that particular person being taken off guard after they thought they have been protected
and experiencing this horrible demise,
it’s imagined to be infuriating
.”
Kevin Costner Did not Movie That ‘Yellowstone’ Demise Scene
Whereas Costner exited the sequence earlier than the filming of Season 5B, a physique double was used for the sequence, with Voros selecting to deal with the “how” over the “what.”
“The query we’re answering with that scene is the how, not the what. We already know the what. And
it was necessary to the story that that last second really feel violent but in addition haunting
. Taylor [Sheridan] had a really robust picture in thoughts… It was scripted as being down a protracted hallway from a distance, from a voyeuristic standpoint. And I feel it’s very efficient. You might be someway, as a spectator, eliminated and
embodying what the youngsters are feeling
of their intestine however can’t see.”
With three episodes left in Season 5B, Yellowstone is hurtling towards an explosive conclusion. We do not know whether or not it will likely be the sequence’ definitive finish or a prelude to new chapters, however one factor is evident in the meanwhile. The Duttons have loads of work to do to guard their legacy, and there is not a lot time to go.
The subsequent episode of Yellowstone‘s last season will air at 8 PM on Sunday night on Paramount Community, and on Monday night time at 10 PM on CBS. Keep tuned to Collider for extra updates on the way forward for the Western saga.
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